Newcastle Family History Society Podcasts will be taking a short break over December and January but here's a preview of our podcasts coming up in 2026.

Jane Ison traces the history of St Andrew’s – its foundation, its people, and the painstaking research that has helped rediscover more than a thousand names once thought forgotten.

Jan Richards traces the life of her ancestor Hannah Williams whose fate was sealed by a single decision in London in 1828.

In our series, Memories of Newcastle, society member Lea Harris takes us back to the days of the Stockton Tweed Factory, a forgotten piece of our local history.

In this episode Jane Ison takes you back to the very first graveyard in Newcastle – the burial ground at Christ Church, high on the hill where the Anglican Cathedral now stands.

Mel Woodford takes a look at some of the early landholders & the female convicts who were assigned to them.

Written by the late Maree Shilling, this podcast tells of a little-known chapter in Newcastle’s history during World War II, from the recollections of a young girl who experienced that time.

Society member Jane Ison takes us on a journey into the past, to a place thousands pass by daily without knowing what lies beneath —Rest Park in Wallsend, once the site of the town’s first cemetery.